[c-nsp] BGP memory usage: "holding"

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 04:08:50PM -0700, Chris Hunt wrote:
> !!  That's odd, BGP says it's only using ~113MB ("BGP using 118439934
> total bytes of memory")

That is "BGP proper"...

> !! But this says BGP Router process is "holding" 254MB, and IP RIB
> Update is using 99MB.

... and that is memory for the CEF tables for the BGP routes, if I remember
right.

If you only have a single full peer, why take full routes anyway?  Just
having them send you a default route should do the job...

gert
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